College of Education

Dr. Kimberly King is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Counseling and Higher Education Department. She is the clinic director over the Counseling and Human Development Center. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in the state of Texas and a Registered Play Therapist. She is the president elect of Texas Association for Play Therapy. She has 20 years of experience as a counselor in the field, both in private practice and as a clinic director over 5 agency clinics before coming to UNT. She has presented nationally and internationally. Kimberly teaches the doctoral practicum, masters practicum, play therapy courses, group counseling, and counseling adolescents.

Dr. Veronica Baldwin (still publishing under Jones) earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University in 2014. Before starting her career in higher education, she taught in various Texas K-12 school districts for more than 10 years as an English as a Second Language teacher. 

In 2014, Baldwin served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and was a research team member for the Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color. She currently is faculty affiliate for Project M.A.L.E.S. — Mentoring to Achieve Latino Success — a research collaborative group dedicated to research on male students of color. In 2020, Dr. Baldwin received the award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher for UNT’s College of Education

In the UNT higher education program, Jones teaches courses for masters and doctoral students, including risk management, proseminar and research seminar. Through her research, Dr. Baldwin explores topics such as male students of color, student engagement and activism, and rhetoric around equity and diversity issues. Her main research methodology is qualitative, and she utilizes frameworks such as critical discourse analysis and critical race theory to explore structures, policies and practices that influence underrepresented and marginalized student communities.

Dr. Peggy Ceballos earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of North Texas in 2008. She earned a Master in Education from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2002 and her Bachelor's from the University of New Orleans in 1999.

Dr. Angie D. Cartwright is the Interim Department Chair of Teacher Education and Administration, Assistant Vice Provost of faculty Success, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas. Since joining UNT in 2015, she has led several innovative interdisciplinary research collaborations and has made invaluable contributions to student success as director of the undergraduate minor in counseling.

She directed UNT Classic and the Integrated Care and Behavioral Health Project, which were designed to address health disparities by enhancing the delivery of culturally competent mental health services to medically underserved communities. The projects provided over 50,000 hours of free clinical services to underrepresented groups in the Dallas Fort Worth region. In addition to her success receiving multiple awards and honors, $3M in grant funding, and a strong publication record. 

Dr. Cartwright was the Inaugural Presidential Early Career Professor at UNT and is a former President of the Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counseling. In 2022, she earned the Texas Counseling Association’s Research Award. She has been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally for her research and service to the counseling profession.